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" I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet. "
Carey Mulligan
Famous
Want
Enough
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" I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that. "
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Niece
London
I Am
" I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really horrible. "
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Happy
Remember
Pride
" Sometimes it's so weird just to do an interview. This morning I was back in my parents' house, with my brother, and we went for a jog together, then had breakfast as a family. And a couple of hours later I'm wearing high heels and a dress and makeup, and talking about my job. "
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Job
Morning
Parents
" My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job. "
Carey Mulligan
Loud
Character
Me
" The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing. "
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Pressure
Job
Down
" In London, people can be so... well, it's not even a case of people being unkind or unfriendly. You just don't make any contact in London. You go from A to B with your eyes on the pavement. "
Carey Mulligan
Eyes
Go
London
" I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't. "
Carey Mulligan
More
Know
Like
" I don't think you should ever damage other people for your art. "
Carey Mulligan
Think
People
Other
" We had a tiny budget for 'The Greatest,' which was the opposite of 'Wall Street.' We just kind of went in and did it. You've got four or five takes and then you've got to move on. We didn't even have trailers to stay in or anything. "
Carey Mulligan
You
Stay
Budget
" You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home. "
Carey Mulligan
Walking
Find
Home
" People get married when they're 18 and spend their whole lives together. I think their greatest fear is that someone will see it as a fling because they were young and it didn't mean anything. "
Carey Mulligan
People
Fear
Together
" The minute I get into a hotel room, I scatter my stuff everywhere. It's like a bomb site within a minute. So I suppose that means I'm trying to nest. "
Carey Mulligan
Within
Hotel
Like
" I've always played characters that were younger than myself. "
Carey Mulligan
Than
Younger
Myself
" I never said I wanted to be a lead actress; I never said I wanted to be a film actress. This need to trump everyone bewilders me. I'm only 25. I'm not better than anyone. I just want to watch other people and learn to be good. "
Carey Mulligan
Me
Good
Learn
" Posing on the red carpet feels like you're selling something that has nothing to do with you. If you do it with someone else, it's like we're saying, 'Oh! We come as a pair! Would you like to buy both of us? We're available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs!' "
Carey Mulligan
Saying
Posing
Nothing
" I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia. "
Carey Mulligan
Care
Society
People
" I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had. "
Carey Mulligan
Know
Down
Best
" It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not. "
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Think
Moment
Yourself
" Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level. "
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Need
Unique
People
" I love New York - maybe more than Los Angeles or London. I think I'm happiest in New York. "
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New York
Think
Los Angeles
" I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music. "
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Loud
Music
Like
" I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?' "
Carey Mulligan
America
Like
Running